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300 Drummond Street, Montreal. Nov. 21 1920 My dear Mr. Buchan, Your book on the Grenfell Twins arrived the day before yesterday & I finished reading it at midnight last night - having laughed, thought & cried over it. I am so thankful you have written it, for you only

could have made the pages fragrant, as they actually are, with the essence of the spirit of two such rare beings. As a memoir it seems to me you have achieved a master piece; somehow you have given us to read, in the lines &

between them, all that lay beneath the charming exteriors of two young men, who, up till Aug. 1914 the world, generally speaking, would have set down as two gay, irresponsible fellows, with nothing of note or interest, outside the realms of sport,

marked up to their credit. One closes the book, remembering that line "All men ignored in me" & with an ardent desire to hold fast to the memory of that wonderful grace of heart (I don't know how else to express what I mean) which was theirs.

I should like every

young army officer to read the book & I have today ordered Hatchard to send a copy to my soldier son at Aldershot & several out here to me to give away. I am very proud to have a copy for myself